Jump to content
IGNORED

need help asap battery meltdown!!


Recommended Posts

So on the son's 96 rstd. driving down the road today. speedometer acted erratic bike cut in and out a few times then stalled. he coasted off the road. smoke coming from under the seat. Poped the seat the positive terminal on the battery is melted, no the cable noanything else just the battery terminal! What could cause this and how do I fix cheap to get him on the road as the bike is his only transportation right now

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Pics would help here.......

 

An internally shorted cell would just reduce the available battery voltage by ~2V.

 

A melted battery terminal with no other battery or wiring damage is almost always a bad connection. Either loose or corroded or both.

 

Clean and or replace both battery terminals on the cable ends.

 

Take the battery out, clean up the terminals, put a good charge in it and take it to be load tested. If it tests good then do what you can to repair the melted terminal so that you can get a good connection to the cable.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I had this happen on an Honda GL1000. Got a ride to an auto parts store and purchased a new battery. While installing it I found that the negative battery cable at its grounding point to the frame was loose. I never new for sure if the battery shorted internally due it's failure or the bad ground caused the battery to get hot internally and fail. New battery and cleaned and tightened the ground cable and was good to go.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The main lead goes all the way down to the "main fuse" down on the left side behind the left floorboard. youll have to take it off the gain access if you want to clean it up. The ground is on the right side sort of by the horn on top of the trans.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Is the main fuse blown? A shorted battery wouldn't burn the cable...but as someone else said if the terminal bolt was loose it would do it. Is only the terminal burnt off or is the wire burnt down towards the fuse block?

 

Bob

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 months later...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...